Plasticity of parental care under the risk of predation: How much should parents reduce care?

Biology Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Ghalambor, Cameron K ^a   Peluc, Susana I ^b   Martin, Thomas E ^c  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b CENTRO DE ZOOLOGÍA APLICADA   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioural plasticity; Nest predation risk; Nestling feeding rates; Parental care

Indexed keywords

NATURAL SELECTION; NESTLING; PARENTAL CARE; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PREDATION RISK; RISK PERCEPTION;

ARGENTINA; ARIZONA; UNITED STATES;

ANIMAL; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOURAL PLASTICITY; BIRD; FOOD CHAIN; NEST PREDATION RISK; NESTING; NESTLING FEEDING RATES; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

BEHAVIOURAL PLASTICITY; NEST PREDATION RISK; NESTLING FEEDING RATES; PARENTAL CARE;

ANIMALS; ARGENTINA; ARIZONA; BIRDS; FOOD CHAIN; NESTING BEHAVIOR; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84880793521     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2013.0154     Document Type: Article

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